Later hosts, in various combinations, included Roy Plomley, Jack Longland, Anthony Quinton, Louis Allen, and Gordon Clough.

[1] The programme was formally taken out of production after the death of Gordon Clough in 1996, but was revived a year later with a single chairman and a new format of six teams playing four matches each.

Current contestants include Marcus Berkmann, Cariad Lloyd, Adèle Geras, Stuart Maconie, Val McDermid, Paul Sinha and Frankie Fanko.

The original theme tune was Radioscopie by Georges Delerue and then, until the end of the 2023 series, Scherzo and Trio performed by the Penguin Cafe Orchestra.

[3] Puzzles like those in Round Britain Quiz (a series of cryptic clues linked by a common theme) have appeared in written form in publications such as BBC MindGames Magazine.